Does the current make-up the elected Congressional Republican Party surprise you

Does the current make-up the elected Congressional Republican Party surprise you?

Bill Maher recently stated that Eric Cantor's loss,, the 278 Republicans in Congress were now 100% Christian (Cantor was Jewish) and, save for one appointed black Senator, 100% white. Well, PunditFact rated this a "half-truth" because Cantor is still in office until January 2015.

Nevertheless, while I realized the Rs were not very diverse, I was surprised at how homogeneous a Party they really are given the extreme diversity of the American population. Are you just as surprised?

Don't forget about women. By my count the Republicans have 19 women in the House and 4 in the Senate for a total of 23. That's only 8.3% of their membership, and they actually lost a net 6 women in 2013.

None of this surprises me. They have been in a willful descent into a bunker of delusion for years now, and living in bunkers makes people crazy. The crazier you get, the more you try to keep anyone out who isn't a 'pure' blood. I only see it getting worse.

The way it worked back prior to 1870, when one faction of a Party became too dominant, then the minority faction(s) either joined with the other Party or combined with like-mined folks and formed a new Party.

I'm not sure age is relevant. Sarah Palin wasn't old, and neither are some of the more outspoken women defenders of the (GOP) faith, i.e. Ann Coulter. Maybe I'm underestimating some of their ages because makeup and facelifts do wonders..

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